Brady Campaign to NY Legislature: Thanks for Gun Law

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, a national organization lobbying for state and federal gun-control laws, wrote a letter to New York’s legislative leaders thanking them for the controversial law passed earlier this month.

It thanks the Legislature for its “bold action in passing the NY Safe Act,” as Gov. Andrew Cuomo dubbed the law. The first gun-control law in the nation since the Newtown, Conn., massacre, the law bans assault weapons, limits bullets in a magazine to seven and increases penalties for illegal gun use, among other provisions.

“This country stands at a crossroads between passing sensible life-saving gun measures, and continued deference to extremists and a powerful gun lobby,” Dan Gross, the campaigns president, wrote. “Those on the other side seek the paint this debate as a battle between intrusion and the preservation of liberty.

“Your leadership not only proved this argument to be a false choice, but also provided a balanced and comprehensive law for New York that can be a model for other states and the federal government,” Gross continued.